Chrissy Teigen and John Legend Picked a Girl Embryo

Chrissy Teigen and John Legend wanted to have a girl, and they didn't just cross their fingers and hope it turned out that way.

"I've made this decision," Teigen told People. "Not only am I having a girl, but I picked the girl from her little embryo. I picked her and was like, 'Let's put in the girl.' "

Teigen has been open about her experiences with IVF treatments. Methods for picking an embryo during IVF based on gender have recently grown in popularity, according to ABC News.

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The practice is controversial. "Children are the issue of our love, not the product of our wills," the members of the President's Council on Bioethics said about gender selection in a report, according to ABC News.

Teigen says they hope to have a boy later on but she was eager to have their first-born be a girl.

"I think I was most excited and allured by the fact that John would be the best father to a little girl. That excited me," she told the magazine. "It excited me to see … just the thought of seeing him with a little girl. I think he deserves a little girl. I think he deserves that bond. A boy will come along. We'll get there too, so it's not like we really have to pick. But he definitely is very lucky to have a little girl. And this girl is going to be so completely lucky to have John as her papa—it's crazy!"